Forum for Natural Disasters

^(2012-05-03)

Invitation to CNDS academy
^(2012-02-03)

CNDS invites all researchers interested in natural disaster science to the first meeting of the CNDS academy on 2 March 2012. The CNDS academy is a meeting place for Ph.D. students, their supervisors and researchers within and beyond CNDS to discuss research results. The invitation with more information and the schedule can be found here.

Big volcanoes get nervous before they erupt
^(2012-02-03)

Valentin Troll, professor of petrologi at Uppsala University and member of CNDS, has been interviewed by Science radio about the risk associated with big volcanoes and their activity. The article and interview can be found here on the Science radio website (in Swedish). In addition, Prof. Troll was interviewed by the German magazine Spiegel Online regarding the same topic. The article can be found here (in German).

First meeting of the CNDS National Advisory Group in Stockholm
^(2012-02-16)

The first meeting of the CNDS National Advisory Group will take place on 16 February 2012. The meeting will take place at MSB in Stockholm. The reference group consists of ten people from official authorities, companies and organisations, as well as Ulrika Postgård, who is responsible for the MSB support of CNDS. CNDS will be represented by its programme council, which is the deciding organ of CNDS, as well as representatives of the involved research institutions and the SENDIM research school.

SENDIM PhD student awarded poster prize
^(2012-01-06)

David Budd, one of the PhD students associated with CNDS, was awarded the VMSG poster prize by the Volcanic and Magmatic Studies Group of the Geological Society of London at their annual meeting at the University of Durham. David's poster "How to make a big explosion: Probing the Toba super-eruption" showed results of geochemical analyses of the eruption products of one of the largest known volcanic eruptions.

CNDS kickoff meeting 1–2 september 2011
^(2011-09-05)

CNDS had a very successful meeting of its employees at Sunnersta Herrgård in Uppsala on 1–2 september. For many of them these were also their first days at work within CNDS. At the meeting, the new employees introduced themselves and started to discuss common research projects and cross-disciplinary collaboration. Furthermore, the meeting was the official start of the two research schools  and CANDIM. Read more...

CNDS forskningsplan finns nu tillgänglig i version 1.0
^(2011-08-07)

Forskningsplanen är ett levande dokument som skall revideras i takt med att forskningen utvecklas inom centret. Version 1.0 ligger till grund för att under hösten 2011 utarbeta gemensamma projekt för våra 23 nya medarbetare (se nedan). Under hösten 2011 kommer CNDS att öka kontakterna med svenska myndigheter och svenskt näringsliv, som ges möjlighet att lämna synpunkter på forskningsplanen. Under hösten kommer också en internationell rådgivande kommitté att tillsättas. En uppgift för kommittén blir att lämna synpunkter på utvecklingen av forskningsplanen.

CNDS väljer ut 23 nya medarbetare bland nästan 700 sökande
^(2011-04-16)

Vid ansökningstidens utgång den 15 april 2011 hade CNDS tagit emot nära 700 ansökningar till 23 lediga anställningar. Vi tackar alla kandidater för deras stora intresse!

CNDS och de berörda institutionerna har utvärderat kandidaterna och några har redan börjat arbeta. Övriga institutioner arbetar med att ordna allt praktiskt som krävs för att de nya medarbetarna skall kunna börja senast den 1 september när forskarskolan SENDIM startar.

Naturkatastrofer och naturolyckor uppstår när negativa naturhändelser krockar med ett samhälles sårbarhet. Inom CNDS studeras denna gränsyta mellan samhälle och natur för olika typer av naturhändelser, både i och utanför Sverige. Bilden ovan visar en skogsbrand i Hälsingland 2008. Foto genom MSB.